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steve kroft came running down taped it friday at the whitehouse. and of course, it was kind of a love fest. in fact, when you look at the two of them. they look sort of adoringly at each other while the other one is talking, like nancy and ronald reagan match. of course, they were once pretty -- they were very arch rivals. >> yeah. there was not a lot of love lost there for a while. >> likeable enough. >> you are likeable enough hillary but they have become quite a team. and something terri of state last night saying how much she enjoyed it. >> one of the things that i say to people because i think it helps them understand i say, look. in politics and in democracy, sometimes you win e elections. sometimes you lose elections, and i worked very hard, but i lost and president obama asked me to be secretary of state, and i said, yes. and so this has been just an extraordinary opportunity to work with him as a partner and friend to do our very best on behalf of this country we both love, and it's something i am going to miss a great deal. >> bill: i thi
steve kroft came running down taped it friday at the whitehouse. and of course, it was kind of a love fest. in fact, when you look at the two of them. they look sort of adoringly at each other while the other one is talking, like nancy and ronald reagan match. of course, they were once pretty -- they were very arch rivals. >> yeah. there was not a lot of love lost there for a while. >> likeable enough. >> you are likeable enough hillary but they have become quite a team. and...
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steve calling from hollywood, hi, steve. >> caller: hi, there bill. i think i can speak on behalf of all of the fans of your program, when i say that -- you know, your agreement with rand paul on this, what a great credible and logical observer of the public scene and commentator you are, and gives you even more credibility than you always have had. and he is right about this. the guy is one of the crown prince's of the republican party, but rand paul is right babb this, and he was smart to do what he did. but by you agreeing with him it shows what a credible commentator you are. >> bill: i must tell you i was a little nervous because i kept waiting for the but. i like you are doing this but -- anyhow look i try to call them as i see them. that's all. and get ready for this. a little bit later this hour i'll tell you about another republican i thought did a bold and courageous thing yesterday. so watch out. more calls coming up about rand paul. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets t
steve calling from hollywood, hi, steve. >> caller: hi, there bill. i think i can speak on behalf of all of the fans of your program, when i say that -- you know, your agreement with rand paul on this, what a great credible and logical observer of the public scene and commentator you are, and gives you even more credibility than you always have had. and he is right about this. the guy is one of the crown prince's of the republican party, but rand paul is right babb this, and he was smart...
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steve in manassas, virginia, what are you saying? >> caller: good morning, bill. i agree with the president that some transparency is necessary. but i want to add a specific issue that was made public in 2008 in a book called "the shadow factory" by james banford. >> bill: who knows as much about this as anybody else. >> caller: yes, he has been tracing it since the 1980s. the nsa does collect all this information, and then runs it through the super computers that look for key terminology. it's when they run across this key terminology that they then dump the information to a human resource that then reviews it and determines whether or not it warrants further investigation. >> bill: the point, they're collecting so much information. the new center they're building wherever it is in utah. first of all, it requires a massive army to sort through all this stuff, and they have so much stuff they may never be able to find the needle because they got too much hay if you follow the needle in the haystack analysis. >> caller: well, i agree if it that were the case. but b
steve in manassas, virginia, what are you saying? >> caller: good morning, bill. i agree with the president that some transparency is necessary. but i want to add a specific issue that was made public in 2008 in a book called "the shadow factory" by james banford. >> bill: who knows as much about this as anybody else. >> caller: yes, he has been tracing it since the 1980s. the nsa does collect all this information, and then runs it through the super computers that...
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texas rep steve stockman issued the warning yesterday saying he will introduce articles of impeachment if obama uses executive order to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. stockman claims a use of that power by the president would be unconstitutional and an existential threat to the nation. this is not the first time he's taken a controversial stance on guns. during his first term in the house, his office was slow to turn over a letter to the fbi that appeared to contain evidence about the oklahoma city bombings. last week, he proposed a repeal of all gun-free zones in schools. it looks like president obama might have to issue executive order if he wants anything done on gun control. joe biden's task force will likely propose a ban on high-capacity clips and on assault weapons but majority leader harry reid says something like that might pass the senate but he doubts it has any chance of passing the house. state governors though are making some progress on new gun laws. new york's andrew cuomo and other lawmakers from the state reached a deal yesterday on a range of new gun laws i
texas rep steve stockman issued the warning yesterday saying he will introduce articles of impeachment if obama uses executive order to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. stockman claims a use of that power by the president would be unconstitutional and an existential threat to the nation. this is not the first time he's taken a controversial stance on guns. during his first term in the house, his office was slow to turn over a letter to the fbi that appeared to contain evidence about the...
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but he's a guest of congressman steve stockman. but not only have military heroes been honored and recognized at former -- at previous state of the union speeches. but also sports stars. sammy sosa was in the box during president clinton's day. so was hank aaron. the great hank aaron. put ted nugent up along those marines or members of the military or the sports heroes, just sick. let's say hello to ed from frederick, maryland. hey, ed, what do you say? >> caller: hi. i was going to say i don't really think nugent will get anywhere near the respect that went to gabrielle giffords and on the drug -- >> bill: i would hope not. but i don't even think he belongs in the chamber. >> caller: i would like to see him not allowed in there for the things he's said and done. but as far as the drug controversial going on, i'm in favor of most of the laws they're propose but i don't think they would do anything to remove either the crazy violence those people find a way to create mayhem or the day-to-day violence -- >> bill: i tell you what, ed,
but he's a guest of congressman steve stockman. but not only have military heroes been honored and recognized at former -- at previous state of the union speeches. but also sports stars. sammy sosa was in the box during president clinton's day. so was hank aaron. the great hank aaron. put ted nugent up along those marines or members of the military or the sports heroes, just sick. let's say hello to ed from frederick, maryland. hey, ed, what do you say? >> caller: hi. i was going to say i...
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as bill did mention last hour "60 minutes" steve kroft will sit down with president obama and outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton for a joint interview at the whitehouse today. this is president obama's first joint interview with anyone other than the first lady. that interview will air this sunday. americans still saying keep your hands off of my government healthcare. a new bowl from the kaiser foundition, robert wood foundation and harvard school of public health says 58% people don't want to see cuts to medicare: one harvard processor saying they will cut 8 to 10 cabinet positions before taking money out of medicare. when lawmakers started talking about specifics like raising the eligibility age or means testing said you can expectling backlash. as for the affordable care act, 55% of people say they want their sometime set up the exchanges a prior to this year. up to 133% of the poverty level to help people pale pay for health insurance. back after the break. stay with us stay with us. [ music ] >> it doesn't anymore real than this. >> current's award winning original serie
as bill did mention last hour "60 minutes" steve kroft will sit down with president obama and outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton for a joint interview at the whitehouse today. this is president obama's first joint interview with anyone other than the first lady. that interview will air this sunday. americans still saying keep your hands off of my government healthcare. a new bowl from the kaiser foundition, robert wood foundation and harvard school of public health says 58%...
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> i just received word that our own steve tasker on the sideline has more information, steve >> i don't know who told that you, j.b. i am betting you made it up. i have no new information. back to you, why. b. >> back to you, steve. >> you can't back to you me. i just backed to you back to you. >> and right back to you. >> backing up to you. no. not back to me. back to you. it was so bad. >> it was. >> the super ball broadcast was so bad. >> maybe we ought to check in at the top of the hour senior meteorologist about the storm over the weekend. jamal simmons will join us as a friend of bill in the entire next hour. but first: >> this is the full court press. other headlines making news graeme awards were last night, call it music's biggest night, all of the stars in the staples cementer in l.a. album of the year mumford & sons. somebody that i used to know and fun, a new band on the scene, one for best song, for "we are young." they wong for best new artist black keys winning best song and al bum and the urban and wrap awards going to jay-z, cankanye west, ocean and carry you had wood,
> i just received word that our own steve tasker on the sideline has more information, steve >> i don't know who told that you, j.b. i am betting you made it up. i have no new information. back to you, why. b. >> back to you, steve. >> you can't back to you me. i just backed to you back to you. >> and right back to you. >> backing up to you. no. not back to me. back to you. it was so bad. >> it was. >> the super ball broadcast was so bad. >>...
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steve calling from san antonio texas. steve, what do you say? >> military town. >> a big military town. hi, steve. >> how is it going? i love your show. >> thank you. i want to make a couple of comments first off, ford wouldn't be making this my other point is -- i hear you that doesn't negate the seriousness and serious impact of the sequester. you lose 800,000 jobs in the pentagon and 450 new jobs next year in cleveland once they re tool the plant. >> a 20% reduction on 800,000 jobs. >> okay. they have to -- they get a 20% pay cut and you are saying that's good? >> no. >> that's not what i am saying. >> okay. s. >> less airplanes. i totally agree with that. the sequester is a bad idea. but the problem is we can't blame only republicans because if only republicans had voted for it it would never have made it to the president's desk. >> but only republicans are refusing to compromise and avoid the sequester. only republicans. democrats have put out a plan the president has endorsed the plan. it's a combination of cuts and new revenue. they need
steve calling from san antonio texas. steve, what do you say? >> military town. >> a big military town. hi, steve. >> how is it going? i love your show. >> thank you. i want to make a couple of comments first off, ford wouldn't be making this my other point is -- i hear you that doesn't negate the seriousness and serious impact of the sequester. you lose 800,000 jobs in the pentagon and 450 new jobs next year in cleveland once they re tool the plant. >> a 20%...
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. >> so peter king and steve israel both working together on this. it's too bad the congress didn't do it, speaking about the sandy relief. >> right. >> but finally, got up to close to what the president was asking as well as governor cuomo and governor christy were asking for. right? >> at the end of the day the number is pretty close and i think now the question really is using it wisely the rebuilding always takes longer than people want you to think it might. he specially with some of these tough infrastructure projects. the funds are there. the capitol is there. >> i don't know whether you saw last week's new yorker magazine had an article about climate change and what cities have to do around the world to protect themselves against future flooding and rising of the sea level and everything. there have been proposals, long-range proposals, extremely expensive proceed proceedsals to protect lower manhattan. is there any serious talk about that? >> there actually is. it isn't as though people are putting pen to paper but concept annually, again, t
. >> so peter king and steve israel both working together on this. it's too bad the congress didn't do it, speaking about the sandy relief. >> right. >> but finally, got up to close to what the president was asking as well as governor cuomo and governor christy were asking for. right? >> at the end of the day the number is pretty close and i think now the question really is using it wisely the rebuilding always takes longer than people want you to think it might. he...
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steve stockman who got the extra dose of crazy as a member congress, he will introduce an impeachment resolution. and the nra will fund raise off of that. this is the thing. there has been a been a good amount of writing by david fromme about the right-wing as a racket, as an operation they don't care whether they win or lose. they like to take on crazy issues that can get 10, 15% of the people to give them money whether the nra continue to choose to be a racket, go for the money or choose to try to remain age organization of gun owners. if they don't, i think they will get beat again and again and again, state after state because they are so far from the mainstream. >> talking down their own site. that was the great joy of this past election day was the morning after the democrats swept most of the the races in country, you know the cokekoch brothers and sheldon adelson that karl rove and the rnc had redistributed their wealth. >> that's what they do jon fugelsang with stephanie miller's sexy liberal comedy tour. good luck tomorrow night. okay? ? >> looking forward to. >> a lot of fu
steve stockman who got the extra dose of crazy as a member congress, he will introduce an impeachment resolution. and the nra will fund raise off of that. this is the thing. there has been a been a good amount of writing by david fromme about the right-wing as a racket, as an operation they don't care whether they win or lose. they like to take on crazy issues that can get 10, 15% of the people to give them money whether the nra continue to choose to be a racket, go for the money or choose to...
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. >> bill: >> steve o. says snowden is somebody who wants to be treated as a martyr but is unwilling to die for his cause. you can argue the morality of what he did, but if he broke the law, he needs to be prosecuted. steve, i would just remind you that less than a year ago, we unveiled a new memorial on the washington mall to martin luther king, jr., who also broke the law law, an act of civil disobedience sometimes, we have to honor that. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] >> bill: hey, good morning, everybody. it is monday, june 10th. good to see you this morning. hope you had a great weekend and are ready to tackle the big stories of the week. we've got lots to talk about here on the "full-court press" coming to you live from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c., all across this great country of ours and bringing you the news of the day and giving you a chance to sound off about it. one big story of the day today and that is the fact that edward snowden, a young man from hawaii, now h
. >> bill: >> steve o. says snowden is somebody who wants to be treated as a martyr but is unwilling to die for his cause. you can argue the morality of what he did, but if he broke the law, he needs to be prosecuted. steve, i would just remind you that less than a year ago, we unveiled a new memorial on the washington mall to martin luther king, jr., who also broke the law law, an act of civil disobedience sometimes, we have to honor that. >> this is "the bill press...
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we have had the anchor steve beer and a lot of micro brews. i am on my way when i leave the studio today to bend oregon which has tons of micro brews up in the or gone area but now d.c., washington, d.c. has its own, too. it is dc brow and the ceo of dc brow, brandon skoul joins us in studio this morning. good to see you? >> how's it going? >> congratulations. how long have you been at this? >> we just had our two-year aniversary. thank you. we are pretty excited. i have been in the industry pretty much all of my life. same for geoff hancock on the brewing side. we had on april 15th, we had or two-year anniversary. >> and you make how many different beers? >> so right now, we make six different beers we put in can. but we have made over 40 different beers to date. every month, we brew once, two, sometimes 3 special one-off beers. >> re-inventing these beers? >> yeah. it gets kind of boring to brew the same things over and over. one of the things that can set you apart in this market instead of doing the same thing over and over is to experimen
we have had the anchor steve beer and a lot of micro brews. i am on my way when i leave the studio today to bend oregon which has tons of micro brews up in the or gone area but now d.c., washington, d.c. has its own, too. it is dc brow and the ceo of dc brow, brandon skoul joins us in studio this morning. good to see you? >> how's it going? >> congratulations. how long have you been at this? >> we just had our two-year aniversary. thank you. we are pretty excited. i have been...
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one of them, steve flemmi, bulger's partner. where are those now? no one's been held accountable for or answered to that. so yeah, you know, there has been a lot of explanation that agents couldn't be charged because of the statute of limitations had expired. there wasn't sufficient evidence beyond one person's testimony. you know, so that is their excuse in that sense as far as not charging them. but there hasn't been this total accounting of what was actually happening there. and i think bulger's trial, in a way, took a stab at that. >> did they understand that was what bulger was going to end up doing? there was a lot of talk about the stuff going on and it sort of seemed to die off, right? did they understand going into this trial that he was going to put them on trial as well? >> they knew. they knew the names. they knew everything that -- you have the two prosecutors. for the united states government. you had the two prosecutors who initiated the case. they very much are the good guys. they're the ones who went out there -- the fbi corruption.
one of them, steve flemmi, bulger's partner. where are those now? no one's been held accountable for or answered to that. so yeah, you know, there has been a lot of explanation that agents couldn't be charged because of the statute of limitations had expired. there wasn't sufficient evidence beyond one person's testimony. you know, so that is their excuse in that sense as far as not charging them. but there hasn't been this total accounting of what was actually happening there. and i think...
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their latest voice steve king, that nutty congressman republican congressman from iowa he talked yesterday about what he thinks about those who might be here illegally and those who might be the subject of comprehensive immigration reform. >> we have to do something about the 11 million and some of them are valedictorians. my answer to that is by the way their parents brought them in. it wasn't their fault. it is true in some cases but they aren't all valedictorians, weren't all brought in by their parents. for everyone who is a valedictorian, there is another hundred where they weigh 130 pounds and calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling marijuana across the desert. they should be legalized with the same act. >> bill: can you believe it? you just heard an out and out racist. is anybody in the republican party going to stand up and call him what he is? where's john boehner? he's a member of the house. where's john boehner who says this guy doesn't speak for our party. where's reince priebus today who's going to say this guy is a racist. we condemn him. we deplore the fact th
their latest voice steve king, that nutty congressman republican congressman from iowa he talked yesterday about what he thinks about those who might be here illegally and those who might be the subject of comprehensive immigration reform. >> we have to do something about the 11 million and some of them are valedictorians. my answer to that is by the way their parents brought them in. it wasn't their fault. it is true in some cases but they aren't all valedictorians, weren't all brought...
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you know the guys like steve king who say if you come here illegally, you know, you've broken the law, why should we reward you? essentially. in the end. >> bill: there is a whole group of people who don't want anything -- don't want anything to happen at all. so no matter any compromise between the house and the senate version. then john boehner said, i believe, that he's going to invoke that majority rule. >> the majority of the majority. >> bill: the majority of the majority even for a conference committee report. >> he does say that. it is like what would that bill look like? if you talk to members if you went up to five different republican members and you said you know, what is the best thing to do for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. you would get five different answers. so i think the goal of the conference tomorrow is to try to get everyone on the same page. i'm not clear how you do that really. you have guys like paul ryan who are actually very supportive of what the senate did. he cosponsored the bill in 2006. for immigration reform. and he's a conser
you know the guys like steve king who say if you come here illegally, you know, you've broken the law, why should we reward you? essentially. in the end. >> bill: there is a whole group of people who don't want anything -- don't want anything to happen at all. so no matter any compromise between the house and the senate version. then john boehner said, i believe, that he's going to invoke that majority rule. >> the majority of the majority. >> bill: the majority of the...
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. >> bill: steve whose signature call is dagger when they score. he sees the shot for a three-pointer and he calls it. >> from the baseline for three. the wizards are a miraculous pullback. >> they're saying it did not go. >> bill: say it did not go. they saw the net move. what did it look like on the screen? >> it looked like a three-point shot. >> it looked like it. it didn't touch the rim. it hit the bottom of the net. so it kind of flicked the net. but what was interesting is he says daggers if the wizards won but the wizards players were glum walking off the court slowly. if they won, they would put their arms up and smile a little bit. it was strange. >> bill: so they retracted the dagger. >> they took the dagger away. >> retract the dagger. >> bill: are the wizards still -- >> they're on a hot streak. >> they're better. >> that's a good way to put it. they're not one of the best teams in the nba but they had the worst start of anybody. >> bill: very won four in a row. >> last night, i watched seth curry make 54 points in madison square garde
. >> bill: steve whose signature call is dagger when they score. he sees the shot for a three-pointer and he calls it. >> from the baseline for three. the wizards are a miraculous pullback. >> they're saying it did not go. >> bill: say it did not go. they saw the net move. what did it look like on the screen? >> it looked like a three-point shot. >> it looked like it. it didn't touch the rim. it hit the bottom of the net. so it kind of flicked the net. but...
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. >> after steve cohen -- >> i was going to say it is amazing that in this day and age, elected officials can have secret babies and secret children that no one knew about. and the story is sort of coming out on their own terms. >> bill: strom thurmond, baby. >> the first lady is heading out on the road to celebrate the third anniversary of the let's move campaign. michelle obama visiting jimmy fallin's late-night program also "good morning america" and several other shows and many schools across the country in a trip to promote the anti-obesity movement and she's making a big announcement on a new physical activity initiative in schools in chicago later today. >> bill: going out so people can see her bangs. >> which is now on the new official white house portrait of hers. as reported by "the hill" newspaper. >> if they are to be trusted. >>> hillary clinton will not be missing her secretary of state salary, a measly $186,000 per year. buzzfeed reporting on the speaking circuit she will be earning north of $200,000 per speech. there is a very exclusive group of people who make that much.
. >> after steve cohen -- >> i was going to say it is amazing that in this day and age, elected officials can have secret babies and secret children that no one knew about. and the story is sort of coming out on their own terms. >> bill: strom thurmond, baby. >> the first lady is heading out on the road to celebrate the third anniversary of the let's move campaign. michelle obama visiting jimmy fallin's late-night program also "good morning america" and several...
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>> we're at bpshow on twitter at bpshow where steve in massachusetts says women must crack the glass ceiling. that is the republican party. the republican party seems to be leaving women behind. once they figure it out, we might make some progress. >> bill: congresswoman will there be -- tell us about this campaign, going to be a series of bills legislation. of some which are already in. but packaged together and moving forward. >> absolutely. there will be a campaign and leader pelosi is leading this effort, i might want to mention my colleagues were there yesterday. a number of them and congresswoman donna edwards congresswoman donna matsui and we had three unbelievable women who spoke about their own personal circumstances with regard to pay to paid leave and with regard to child care. but what we're going to do there are a whole lot of dates commemorating all kinds of historic events, not unlike the anniversary of seneca falls. targeting those to do events. obviously members of congress, men and women. we have some of our male colleagues standing with us yesterday. we'll be going
>> we're at bpshow on twitter at bpshow where steve in massachusetts says women must crack the glass ceiling. that is the republican party. the republican party seems to be leaving women behind. once they figure it out, we might make some progress. >> bill: congresswoman will there be -- tell us about this campaign, going to be a series of bills legislation. of some which are already in. but packaged together and moving forward. >> absolutely. there will be a campaign and...